Saturday, November 07, 2015
Why Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose lost war Against British Forces
Netaji had backing from Germany, where his military forces was born and brought up by name of Legion Freies Indien of Free India Leigion, translating to "Azad Hind Fauj"
Netaji though did not get
support from Russian but he had great support and assistance from Hitler's
Germany, and later from Japan,
He started war against
British raj entering from east side of India starting from Burma;
He sent a roaring message one
day before raging war to let Britisher's know he is coming - Britisher's were
prepared for him and His forces lost
Questions that keep hitting
me though are
- Why is it that when he could have had enough reinforcement from Germany and Japan - he did not waited for it?
- Why is that even being aware of the consequences he alerted Britishers that he is coming?
Well answer is pretty simple, He never wanted to win this war at all in
first place
In most subtle way he played
the whole thing so well that it simply shattered the roots of British rule to
its core in days to come,
First lets understand why he
started without waiting for Germany or Japan's help, because he did not want to
free India from British rule after having a long running war which could have
lasted Weeks if not Months, ending up with countless loss of lives and injuries
from both side - point to note is at both side it were Indians fighting whether
be Azad Hind Fauj or Royal British Army, either way only Indians would have
been killed,
More importantly there was no
surety that the region Azad Hind Fauj would have won with Germany and Japan's
help would have been under full control of Indians after winning - it could
have been like freeing ourselves from Britishers and fall in to slavery of
Nazi's or Japan. Of course they were helping Netaji just to de-establish
British rule, not because they had some sort of affection towards poor
downtrodden Indians. Irrespective of what they tried to show, Netaji was aware
of reality.
So why even start a war when you are bound to lose? Why indeed announce
your attack just so your enemy has enough time to prepare himself?
The reason behind it
was not to fight and harm Indians in British army but to sensitize all Indians
in British Navy, Air force and Army - to show them that they had real power
upon which Britisher's were ruling India, it is crucial to realize that the
moment Britisher's came to know of Netaji's attack they panicked and mobilized
forces to right places, the Indians in British army already were not very much
ready to fight against Azad hind fauj on top of it when they witnessed the
impact, the fear, the sense of emergency that just a few thousand armed
Indian's in Azad Hind Fauj had imparted on Britisher's they began to realize
where the real power lives,
As expected the War between
Azad Hind Fauj and British Army was over soon - Azad hind fauj surrendered and
no one can really tell what happened to Netaji, after which the captured
soldiers of Azad Hind Fauj began giving the real message to all fellow Indian soldiers
in British army - soon they became very much aware of the impact a massive Army
of Indians can cause to Britisher's, and thus begun the mutiny everywhere in
India,
Reports started flowing in
for the skirmishes and disturbances in Army, Air force and Navy posts all
across India , Indian soldiers became more and more unwelcoming of British rule
and anger hidden in veins since two centuries started coming out with fierce
aggression,
After capturing Azad Hind
Fauj's soldiers, judicial trials set of chain reaction of military mutiny's
across India, inspired to a large extent by the stories of the INA soldiers
that were going around the country. At the same time major mutiny broke out in
the Royal Indian Navy (the mutiny had other underlying social and political
causes as well), incorporating ships and shore establishments of the RIN
throughout India, from Karachi to Bombay and from Vizag to Calcutta.
The most significant, if
disconcerting factor for the British Raj, was the significant militant public
support that it received.
A wave of nationalist
sentiments swept through the Indian troops who had fought with the Allies and
were in the process of being de-mobilized. The Navy mutiny was followed up by
another among the ground crew in the Royal Indian Air Force. Another Army
mutiny took place at Jabalpur during the last week of February 1946, soon after
the Navy mutiny at Bombay. This was suppressed by force, including the use of
the bayonet by British troops. It lasted about two weeks. After the mutiny,
about 45 persons were tried by court martial. Forty-one were sentenced to
varying terms of imprisonment or dismissal. In addition, a large number were
discharged on administrative grounds.
In the aftermath of the
mutiny, the weekly intelligence summary issued on 25 March 1946 admitted that
the Indian army, navy and air force units were no longer trustworthy, and, for
the army, "only day to day estimates of steadiness could be made".
It was decided that: if
wide-scale public unrest took shape, the armed forces (including the air force
– for Quit India had shown how it could turn violent) could not be relied upon
to support counter-insurgency operations as they had been during the Quit India
movement of 1942, and drawing from experiences of the Azad Hind Fauj's impact,
their actions could not be predicted from their oath to the King Emperor.
Everything went on as per Netaji's plan; he freed India without
influence of Germans or Japanese, he showed Indians that true power lies in
their own hands.
And the British Raj decided
to leave India – sadly all credit is given to Congress, Nehru and Gandhi who ironically
were actually busy in pacifying and calming down the Army, Navy and Air force
during their aggression, condemning the violence and mutiny outbursts!
That time reflecting on the
factors that guided the British decision to relinquish the Raj in India,
Clement Attlee, the then British prime minister, cited several reasons, the
most important of which were the INA activities of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose,
which weakened the Indian Army – the foundation of the British Empire in India
– and the RIN Mutiny that made the British realize that the Indian armed forces
could no longer be trusted to prop up the Raj
– But Congress wants you to worship
Gandhi and Nehru instead; Netaji’s contribution is politically ignored!
# posted by DKS @ 7:58 AM 
